keskiviikko 28. toukokuuta 2014

A small update on the situation

Recently I've been extremely busy and it feels all things start to stack up quite a bit. I've practically done aviation-related things from eight to ten hours a day and don't seem to have much of free time for the next few weeks or so.

In addition to some few theoretical studies we have left, I've now been starting to practice question bank exercises more intensively. The final six exams will be on the 16th and 17th of next month. After that, all of it will hopefully be finally over. I have experienced some anxiety since I really want to repeat my success and pass also these six exams on the first time. However, studying seems to be much harder now that summer is knocking on the door and weather gets better and better, so I just have to focus and repeat to myself that passing these exams is the best way I can make all aviation-related things move forward.

We have also had our first briefings on the next phase, which is IR-training in the FNPTII simulator. Our course actually had some simulator flights already planned for this week but we requested to postpone those until the exams are over.

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In addition to school-related things, I have two other flying-related things going on that have been taking a lot of my time. Both of them could be described as work, which I am extremely happy for. However, I've decided not to go too much in depth on those until things become more clear. I don't want to hype things before something actually happens for real.. Also, I have to somehow figure out how to write work-related things here since it's a bit more complicated than writing about school :)

I recently also joined Malmi Aviation Club and was going to start flying with their Cessna 172 and Diamond DA-40 but decided to put those things on hold until I have a little less going on...

sunnuntai 11. toukokuuta 2014

First ultralight flights of the year!

I've been hanging around at Nummela yet again for a few days now and got a chance to fly a little with the Fk9. After I finally managed to get the battery working and was able to start the engine, I went for a little rehearsal flight. I had studied the manual a bit and wanted to go through some basics like slow flying and stalls in order to re-familiarize myself with the plane.

It's like riding a bicycle, really...

Ready for some evening flying :)

After the rehearsals it was time to grab a local friend on board and fly a little cross-country trip from Nummela to Kiikala and Forssa airfields. I also ended up in Nummela the day after and flew with a friend to Malmi for some refueling. From there we went to Torbacka grassfield and then back to Nummela. On the way back I got to show and demonstrate my friend some basics of flying. It was all very nice and we had a great time!